Privacy Seminar 2026

Introduction

In this seminar we will explore the state of the art in privacy enhancing technologies (PET), and discuss theories (technical, legal and societal) of privacy. In this seminar, you collaborate in a group, and give a student lecture and write a student paper. Both determine your final grade. Presence is mandatory.

Detailed information can be found in the Course organisation. Read it carefully!

In particular, note that

• physical presence is mandatory,
• the use of Generative AI (GenAI) in this course is not allowed (the use of tools for spelling and grammar checking is allowed, however), and
• there is in general no resit, barring exceptional circumstances,

Teachers

• Jaap-Henk Hoepman
• Christine Utz

Announcements

Announcements will be made through Brightspace

Schedule

Lectures take place in LIN 8. See the schedule below for details.

The lectures scheduled on Monday take place in the slot originally assigned to the Security Protocol Project, in ???

On Thursday from 12:30-13:15 we schedule meetings to discuss the lectures scheduled for next week. These meetings take place in my office, on the 19th floor of the Erasmus building.

Physical presence is mandatory. Given the fact that this seminar is highly interactive, no live stream or other ways of participating online is offered.

Slides of presentations that are available are linked from here. The links are released after the lecture.

Deadlines

• Paper skeleton: April 9, 2025.
• Final paper: June 4, 2025.

Both deadlines: 23:59 CET